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England one sees the house, woodshed and barn comprising one con- 

 tinuous builcHng. In New York, a prevailing type of farm house is the 

 " upright and wing " form. In compact villages and cities this form 

 of house has been given up. It is a question whether it always affords 

 the most useful and convenient house for a farm or allows the most 

 economical use of the materials. It lacks compactness; but it lends itself 

 well to the parlor and the spare-room idea, for these apartments can all 

 be placed in the uprigl:t and be out of the way. The family usually lives 

 in the wing. One could write an essay on the type of mind in our 

 ancestors that developed this particular form of house, relegating the 

 family to one sphere and the company to another sphere. Another in- 



FiG. 283. — .4 compact house in the western style. Colorado Springs. 



teresting discursive type is the " ell." which ambles off to one side. In 

 marked contrast to all this, one finds beyond the IMississippi and especially 

 in California -the compact low-topped square house, in which practically 

 all the activities are under one roof. These houses may grow large by 

 extensions rather than by additions or wings, all the parts being under 

 roofs of equal height. These buildings are often models of concreteness 

 and concentration, and usuall}- they are comely. I often won;^.er why 

 someone has not ada])ted them to the East. 



The ol !-fashioned box-corniced farm houses were fault}- in the small 

 extent of veranda — commonly they had only a "stoop" — and also in 



